Movies

Bol Bachchan, the latest Rohit Shetty directed movie is a must watch, if you are in the mood to be hooting with laughter. Rohit Shetty in his inimitable over-the-top style pays tribute to the 1979 comic caper, Gol Maal.

Love the movies do you? Have you watched Supermen of Malegaon? Not yet? But, you must! This is one movie, which every critic worth his/her salt is raving about; even the hard-to-please Aamir Khan has tweeted about it.

When Anderson Cooper (you already knew he was gay, right?) comes out and tells the world he bats for the other team, the west applauds him. They all cannot get enough of how ‘bold’ and ‘honest’ he is. And I’m, errr, not sure why especially since, oh, we already knew!

In conversation with Onir, the 59th National Award winning director of the critically acclaimed, I AM. Nishi Roy of B'Khush explores the director’s journey thus far and shares what next is in store for the viewers.

How has life and work changed post the National Award?

Onir:Life has been hectic. The phone has not stopped ringing ever since the news came out. The last few days have been a whirlwind of interviews and travel. It has taken me a while to let the news sink in. It is amazing and humbling how the smallest budget movie of 2011, won the country’s highest honour. It is a source of collective happiness of the entire cast and crew, who believed in the movie. I AM is different not only in terms of its content, but also the way it was produced. I had completely forgotten about the awards nomination etc, and was not following it up, so when they were announced, I was completely overwhelmed.

Advaita Kala, the literary creator of the hugely successful "Kahaani"- in an exclusive conversation with Nishi Roy from B'khush . Read on to know more about what motivates and inspires Kala.

The stupendous reaction to your creation, Vidya Bagchi, how does it make you feel? How much of you is there in her? Advaita : Very gratified that people found her believable and relatable. It’s a bit of a private endeavour for me – creating female characters that are in some way representative of women. Also the idea of pregnancy, vulnerability, strength not using her as a honey trap..these were things that were central to me when I wrote her. There are always bits of me in all the characters I write and stories I tell, so its not just Vidya Bagchi but also Aisha Bhatia (my novel Almost Single) who has some of me in her.

If one follows Vidya Balan’s journey from her days of Hum Paanch to her current celluloid offering Kahaani, one can safely say it is been a roller-coaster ride of sorts.
Initial years of rejection, where she was even labelled as a jinx and replaced in close to 11 Malyalam movies, success in the form of a National award for Dirty Picture has certainly not come easy. Vidya with her grit proves that it requires immense self confidence and dogged dedication to withstand early rejections and movie role replacements for not being good looking.